Man wounded in shooting outside Walmart

A man was wounded in a shooting during what officials said was an apparent drug-deal at a gasoline station outside a Walmart in northwest Harris County early Monday morning.

The shooting occurred about 2 a.m. in the 3450 block of FM 1960 near Walters, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said the victim was rushed to a nearby hospital. He had been shot in the left buttock. His condition was not released.

No other injuries were reported.

Deputies said the victim had been dropped off at the station by two people in a pickup in a planned meeting to purchase drugs. The man then approached an older model brown Ford Explorer which was at one of the gasoline pumps. A woman was outside the SUV pumping gas. The victim leaned into the passenger side door window, turned around quickly and began running away. Then he was shot, deputies said.

The SUV drove away after the shooting.

The people in the pickup drove back to the station. No description of the suspect or the woman was immediately available.